Monday, December 6, 2010

Soap and a special offer!

ATTENTION: The soap offer is now over. Due to such kind interest, each and every bar has been spoken for! I will be doing this again in the spring. :-) I finally did it - it's been a longtime desire of mine to make my own soap and I was finally brave enough to try! I spent quite awhile researching online first, learning about soap and technique (I chose the cold pressed method), and looking at lots and lots of gorgeous soap (super motivating!). I was fortunate to find a downloadable instructional video that was fantastic. The video was just basically a woman, named Cherie, in her own kitchen (probably videotaped by her hubby), walking you through everything step by step. It was like having a good friend teach you; she seemed like a wife and mom just like myself. She gave all kinds of tips, advice, and most importantly, her tried and true recipe. She also pointed me in the right direction for all my supplies. Because of gleaning from her many years as a soapmaker, I was able to make soap without any mishaps! I made six different kinds and I love them all! I made them early in November, hand cut them and let them cure for 4 weeks to completely harden. It was so much fun and I enjoyed making each batch unique and different.What I'm most excited about with my soap is that it is completely all natural! I used palm oil, coconut oil, and olive oil as the emmolients, and only used natural clays, powders, my own garden herbs, and spices for colorants. Instead of synthetic fragrance oils, I opted for all natural, pure and clean smelling essential oils. Yes, there is lye in the soap, but it completely evaporates during the saponification process. Four of the batches are goat's milk soaps, and the fifth one is an all vegetable oil soap. They are all moisturizing soaps (called "super fatted"), which nourish the skin. The bars are big and weigh around 4-5 oz. each (regular commercial bars are around 2-3 oz). They are long lasting, lather well, and leave your skin soft and clean. I have personally tried each soap on my own skin, and they are wonderful.Now, you must understand that all this soapmaking has resulted in me having over 125 bars of soap at my house! Whew, that's a lot of soap. It's obviously more than I really need right now for my own personal use and for upcoming holiday gifts. I thought about what I might do, and began to wonder if any of my blog readers would like the opportunity to try some of my soap. So, I'm offering a sweet little deal - and just in time for the holidays for gifts (or for a little gift for yourself). I thought I would offer a 4-bar assortment for $10. So here are the details: You can pick your own assortment, and it's first come, first served until I run out of the soaps I have set aside for this, which is about 50--60 bars. Here are the descriptions and photos of the different soaps:

Use: entire body, perfect for those with sensitive skin, good for homemade laundry soap.

So, dear blog readers, this is how it works. Just pick which 4 soaps you would like, and I can either arrange to give them to you (if you're local), or I can ship 4 bars anywhere in the contiguous U.S. via priority mail flat rate for $4.95. The bars will come individually wrapped and labeled in a cello bag. Keep in mind the bars will not all be the same size shape, or weight, or look exactly like the ones in the photos. They are homemade and hand cut, after all. :-) Each bar is unique.Tip: Be sure to let your soap dry between use, to extend its life. A soap dish that drains is necessary so your soap doesn't get gummy and yukky.

2 comments:

Mrs. Harasick I am interested in learning how to make the soap as well, would it be possible to point me in the right direction on how to do it or maybe link me to the video you used. I would love to teach my girls (being careful with the lye of course), but have been looking around the internet, but haven't liked any of the tutorials.

Thank you and God bless you Mrs. Harasick for your encouragement for stay at home moms.

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I live in a rural pocket of Los Angeles and am a Christian, a wife, a mother, and a grammie. My family is my biggest joy. I simply love being a homemaker and sharing bits of our blessed ranch life here on my blog.
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